BOOK II.

CHAP. I. The Entry and Settlement of the Saxons, and their Conversion to Christianity 227 II. Establishment of Christianity—of Monastic Institutions —and of their Effects 240 III. Series of Anglo-Saxon Kings from Ethelbert to Alfred: with the Invasion of the Danes 255 IV. Reign of King Alfred 261 V. Succession of Kings from Alfred to Harold 269 VI. Harold II.—Invasion of the Normans.—Account of that People, and of the State of England at the Time of the Invasion 280 VII. Of the Laws and Institutions of the Saxons 291